#but itll be a solid month of just practicing technique and scales before i get there

[supercunninglinguist]

Excuse my premature ejazzulation but saxophone accomplished!!

Its a Sax Dakota 505; bought it used from an old saxophonist named Gerald. Its only a few years old and in excellent condition. He basically sold me a professional-level saxophone at student-level price.. which is good cause I wasn't expecting the price of tenors it be so high. It took me almost a month of searching to find this one. Its really a sellers market for quality tenor saxophones. Specifically tenors - theres plenty of altos and sopranos for sale in good condition at reasonable prices

It sounds awesome, has a nice mellow sound and it's really loud - definitely made for performing. I love how solid it feels too. Sax Dakota definitely makes an incredibly high-quality saxophone.

Said he was selling it so low because of a "senior moment", but he also mentioned giving a saxophone to his grandson a while back and having it returned earlier this year, so maybe this is that saxophone.

Either way, this is totally a lifelong dream finally done. But I need to buy some cleaning stuff and accessories before I can really start practicing. I want it to stay in top condition for, essentially, the rest of my life.. so just getting acquainted with it for now and breaking in the new reed.

Thanks, Gerald.